Adrien-Michel-Hyacinthe Blin de Sainmore, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Adrien-Michel-Hyacinthe Blin de Sainmore

French librarian and poet

Date of Birth: 15-Feb-1733

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 26-Sep-1807

Profession: poet, librarian, playwright

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Adrien-Michel-Hyacinthe Blin de Sainmore (15 February 1733 in Paris – 26 September 1807 in Paris) was an 18th–century French poet, playwright and historian. Coming from a family that had been ruined by Law's system, Blin de Sainmore studied at collège du Cardinal-Lemoine, and sought in retirement and study consolation to the rigors of fortune. He wrote several héroïdes and other poems such as Mort de l’amiral Bing, Sapho à Phaon, Biblis à Caunus, Gabrielle d’Estrées à Henri IV, Calas à sa femme et à ses enfants, la Duchesse de la Vallière, etc. His poems and one épitre à Racine were gathered in 1774 in 1 vol.
In 1769, he gave a collection entitled l’Élite des poésies fugitives, 3 vol.
in-12, to which Luneau de Boisjermain added a 4th in 1773.
He composed a tragedy entitled Orphanis , which was favorably received, but could not stay in the theater.
He made several works, among others a Histoire de Russie, in 2 vol.
with illustrations, in-4, and left several handbooks. He was preparing to give a complete edition of his works when he died.
He was a custodian and historian of the archives of ordres de Saint-Michel and du Saint-Esprit.
A cofounder of the Société philanthropique, he was appointed royal censor in 1776, and curator at Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal in 1800.